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Journal Cover
March 11, 1998
Volume 120, Issue 9
Pages 1945-2210
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Mechanistic Studies of an Antibody-Catalyzed Pericyclic Rearrangement

Edward M. Driggers, Ho S. Cho, Corey W. Liu, Catherine P. Katzka, Andrew C. Braisted, Helle D. Ulrich, David E. Wemmer, and Peter G. Schultz
pp 1945–1958
Publication Date (Web): February 24, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ja962933u

One-Pot Colorimetric Differentiation of Polynucleotides with Single Base Imperfections Using Gold Nanoparticle Probes

James J. Storhoff, Robert Elghanian, Robert C. Mucic, Chad A. Mirkin, and Robert L. Letsinger
pp 1959–1964
Publication Date (Web): February 20, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ja972332i

Probing the Specificity of Aminoglycoside−Ribosomal RNA Interactions with Designed Synthetic Analogs

Phil B. Alper, Martin Hendrix, Pamela Sears, and Chi-Huey Wong
pp 1965–1978
Publication Date (Web): February 24, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ja972599h

Solution- and Solid-Phase Synthesis of N-Protected Glycopeptide Esters of the Benzyl Type as Substrates for Subtilisin-Catalyzed Glycopeptide Couplings

Krista Witte, Oliver Seitz, and Chi-Huey Wong
pp 1979–1989
Publication Date (Web): February 24, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ja9736727

Mechanism of 2,5-Dioxopiperazine Formation

Sante Capasso, Alessandro Vergara, and Lelio Mazzarella
pp 1990–1995
Publication Date (Web): February 20, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ja972051a

Origin of β-Hairpin Stability in Solution:  Structural and Thermodynamic Analysis of the Folding of a Model Peptide Supports Hydrophobic Stabilization in Water

Allister J. Maynard, Gary J. Sharman, and Mark S. Searle
pp 1996–2007
Publication Date (Web): February 24, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ja9726769

Spiropentylacetyl-CoA, A Mechanism-Based Inactivator of Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenases

Ding Li, Hui-qiang Zhou, Srikanth Dakoji, Injae Shin, Eugene Oh, and Hung-wen Liu
pp 2008–2017
Publication Date (Web): February 24, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ja9737634

4,8,12,16-Tetra-tert-butyl-s-indaceno[1,2,3-cd:5,6,7-c‘d‘]diphenalene:  A Four-Stage Amphoteric Redox System

Kenji Ohashi, Takashi Kubo, Takashi Masui, Kagetoshi Yamamoto, Kazuhiro Nakasuji, Takeji Takui, Yasushi Kai, and Ichiro Murata
pp 2018–2027
Publication Date (Web): February 20, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ja970961m

Lithium Ephedrate-Mediated Addition of a Lithium Acetylide to a Ketone:  Solution Structures and Relative Reactivities of Mixed Aggregates Underlying the High Enantioselectivities

Andrew Thompson, Edward G. Corley, Martha F. Huntington, Edward J. J. Grabowski, Julius F. Remenar, and David B. Collum
pp 2028–2038
Publication Date (Web): February 22, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ja9713791

Strategies for Synthesis of Elastomeric Polypropylene: Fluxional Metallocenes with C1-Symmetry

Raisa Kravchenko, Athar Masood, Robert M. Waymouth, and Charles L. Myers
pp 2039–2046
Publication Date (Web): February 20, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ja973414+

Extensive Studies on π-Stacking of Poly(3-alkylthiophene-2,5-diyl)s and Poly(4-alkylthiazole-2,5-diyl)s by Optical Spectroscopy, NMR Analysis, Light Scattering Analysis, and X-ray Crystallography

Takakazu Yamamoto, Dharma Komarudin, Minoru Arai, Bang-Lin Lee, Hajime Suganuma, Naoki Asakawa, Yoshio Inoue, Kenji Kubota, Shintaro Sasaki, Takashi Fukuda, and Hiro Matsuda
pp 2047–2058
Publication Date (Web): February 24, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ja973873a

Control of Dispersion of Ni2+ Ions via Chelate Ligands in the Preparation of Ni/SiO2 Materials. A XAFS Study

J. Y. Carriat, M. Che, M. Kermarec, M. Verdaguer, and A. Michalowicz
pp 2059–2070
Publication Date (Web): February 24, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ja9725561

Four-Coordinate Molybdenum Chalcogenide Complexes Relevant to Nitrous Oxide N−N Bond Cleavage by Three-Coordinate Molybdenum(III):  Synthesis, Characterization, Reactivity, and Thermochemistry

Adam R. Johnson, William M. Davis, Christopher C. Cummins, Scafford Serron, Steven P. Nolan, Djamaladdin G. Musaev, and Keiji Morokuma
pp 2071–2085
Publication Date (Web): February 20, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ja971491z

EPR, Electronic Spectra, and Electron Transfer Properties of the 17 Electron Carbonylhydrotris(triphenylphosphine)rhodium(II) Cation

Dmitri Menglet, Alan M. Bond, Kevin Coutinho, Ron S. Dickson, Georgii G. Lazarev, Scott A. Olsen, and John R. Pilbrow
pp 2086–2089
Publication Date (Web): February 24, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ja973164x

A New Mechanism for Nucleation beneath Monolayer Films?

S. J. Cooper, R. B. Sessions, and S. D. Lubetkin
pp 2090–2098
Publication Date (Web): February 18, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ja963799g

Pyranose Ring Flexibility. Mapping of Physical Data for Iduronate in Continuous Conformational Space

Steffen Ernst, Ganesh Venkataraman, V. Sasisekharan, Robert Langer, Charles L. Cooney, and Ram Sasisekharan
pp 2099–2107
Publication Date (Web): February 20, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ja972185o

E and Z Conformations of Esters, Thiol Esters, and Amides

Diwakar M. Pawar, Abdelnaser A. Khalil, Denise R. Hooks, Kenneth Collins, Tijuana Elliott, Jefforey Stafford, Lucille Smith, and Eric A. Noe
pp 2108–2112
Publication Date (Web): February 20, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ja9723848

Solution 1H NMR Study of the Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties of High-Spin Ferrous or Deoxy Myoglobins

Catherine M. Bougault, Yi Dou, Masao Ikeda-Saito, Kevin C. Langry, Kevin M. Smith, and Gerd N. La Mar
pp 2113–2123
Publication Date (Web): February 14, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ja973197c

A Computational Study of the Proton-Transfer Chemistry of the Silaformyl Anion

Jon A. Rusho, Mark S. Gordon, Niels H. Damrauer, and Robert Damrauer
pp 2124–2130
Publication Date (Web): February 20, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ja9722077

Mechanistic Crossover Induced by Steric Hindrance:  A Theoretical Study of Electron Transfer and Substitution Mechanisms of Cyanoformaldehyde Anion Radical and Alkyl Halides

G. Narahari Sastry and Sason Shaik
pp 2131–2145
Publication Date (Web): February 20, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ja972746b

Neutral and Alkaline Hydrolyses of Model β-Lactam Antibiotics. An ab Initio Study of Water Catalysis

Jesús Pitarch, Manuel F. Ruiz-López, Estanislao Silla, Juan-Luis Pascual-Ahuir, and Iñaki Tuñón
pp 2146–2155
Publication Date (Web): February 20, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ja972801g

Factors Governing the Enhanced Reactivity of Five-Membered Cyclic Phosphate Esters

Nai-yuan Chang and Carmay Lim
pp 2156–2167
Publication Date (Web): February 24, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ja9729802

Glucose in Aqueous Solution by First Principles Molecular Dynamics

C. Molteni and M. Parrinello
pp 2168–2171
Publication Date (Web): February 18, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ja973008q

Analysis of Amidinium Guest Complexation by Comparison of Two Classes of Dendrimer Hosts Containing a Hydrogen Bonding Unit at the Core

Steven C. Zimmerman, Yue Wang, P. Bharathi, and Jeffrey S. Moore
pp 2172–2173
Publication Date (Web): February 24, 1998 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ja970830l

Evidence for a Stable Ti(IV) Metallocene Dihydrogen Complex from ab Initio Molecular Dynamics

Peter M. Margl, Tom K. Woo, Peter E. Blöchl, and Tom Ziegler
pp 2174–2175
Publication Date (Web): February 24, 1998 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ja973114s

NMR Structure of Two Cyclic Oligonucleotides. A Monomer−Dimer Equilibrium between Dumbbell and Quadruplex Structures

Carlos González, Núria Escaja, Manuel Rico, and Enrique Pedroso
pp 2176–2177
Publication Date (Web): February 20, 1998 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ja973691g

Order Determinations in Liquid Crystals by Dynamic Director NMR Spectroscopy

Min Zhou, Veronica Frydman, and Lucio Frydman
pp 2178–2179
Publication Date (Web): February 20, 1998 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ja972943a

Reactions of Olefin Polymerization Activators with Complexed Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl Ligands:  Abstraction of Tetramethylfulvalene

William J. Evans, Kevin J. Forrestal, Mohammad A. Ansari, and Joseph W. Ziller
pp 2180–2181
Publication Date (Web): February 20, 1998 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ja973058v

Strand Invasion of Supercoiled DNA by Oligonucleotides with a Triplex Guide Sequence

Howard B. Gamper, Jr., Ya-Ming Hou, Michael R. Stamm, Mikhail A. Podyminogin, and Rich B. Meyer
pp 2182–2183
Publication Date (Web): February 24, 1998 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ja971397i

Unexpected Enzymatic Fucosylation of the Hindered Tertiary Alcohol of 3-C-Methyl-N-Acetyllactosamine Produces a Novel Analogue of the LeX-Trisaccharide

Xiangping Qian, Ole Hindsgaul, Hong Li, and Monica M. Palcic
pp 2184–2185
Publication Date (Web): February 20, 1998 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ja973361w

Coordinatively Unsaturated Metal Centers in the Extended Porous Framework of Zn3(BDC)3·6CH3OH (BDC = 1,4-Benzenedicarboxylate)

Hailian Li, Charles E. Davis, Thomas L. Groy, Douglas G. Kelley, and O. M. Yaghi
pp 2186–2187
Publication Date (Web): February 20, 1998 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ja974172g

A Novel Template Method for Preparing Unidirectional Kinetically Inert Metal Complexes

Haim Weizman, Jacqueline Libman, and Abraham Shanzer
pp 2188–2189
Publication Date (Web): February 20, 1998 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ja973605c

Generation of a Mixed-Valent Fe(III)Fe(IV) Form of Intermediate Q in the Reaction Cycle of Soluble Methane Monooxygenase, an Analog of Intermediate X in Ribonucleotide Reductase R2 Assembly

Ann M. Valentine, Pedro Tavares, Alice S. Pereira, Roman Davydov, Carsten Krebs, Brian M. Hoffman, Dale E. Edmondson, Boi Hanh Huynh, and Stephen J. Lippard
pp 2190–2191
Publication Date (Web): February 20, 1998 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ja974169x

FR-66979 Covalently Cross-Links the Binding Domain of the High-Mobility Group I/Y Proteins to DNA

Scott R. Rajski, Samuel B. Rollins, and Robert M. Williams
pp 2192–2193
Publication Date (Web): February 20, 1998 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ja973568p

Metal-Containing Oligonucleotides:  Solid-Phase Synthesis and Luminescence Properties

Dennis J. Hurley and Yitzhak Tor
pp 2194–2195
Publication Date (Web): February 24, 1998 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ja9739998

Trapped Kinetic States, Chiral Amplification and Molecular Chaperoning in Synthetic Polymers:  Chiral Induction in Polyguanidines through Ion Pair Interactions

David S. Schlitzer and Bruce M. Novak
pp 2196–2197
Publication Date (Web): February 20, 1998 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ja974048x

Intramolecular Triplet Energy Transfer in Bichromophores with Long Flexible Tethers

Petr Klán and Peter J. Wagner
pp 2198–2199
Publication Date (Web): February 20, 1998 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ja974016+

Comparison of the Singlet, Triplet Energy Gap of a Symmetrical Diradical Dication with ET Parameters Derived from Its Optical Spectrum

Stephen F. Nelsen, Rustem F. Ismagilov, and Yoshio Teki
pp 2200–2201
Publication Date (Web): February 20, 1998 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ja9706615

Monomeric InC6H3-2,6-Trip2 (Trip = -C6H2-2,4,6-i-Pr3) and Its Manganese Complex (η5-C5H5)(CO)2MnInC6H3-2,6-Trip2:  One-Coordinate Indium in the Solid State

Scott T. Haubrich and Philip P. Power
pp 2202–2203
Publication Date (Web): February 20, 1998 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ja973479c

Theory-Assisted Determination of Absolute Stereochemistry for Complex Natural Products via Computation of Molar Rotation Angles

Rama K. Kondru, Peter Wipf, and David N. Beratan
pp 2204–2205
Publication Date (Web): February 24, 1998 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ja973690o

A Highly π-Stacked Organic Semiconductor for Thin Film Transistors Based on Fused Thiophenes

Xiao-Chang Li, Henning Sirringhaus, Francis Garnier, Andrew B. Holmes, Stephen C. Moratti, Neil Feeder, William Clegg, Simon J. Teat, and Richard H. Friend
pp 2206–2207
Publication Date (Web): February 24, 1998 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ja9735968

SymApps Version 1.0 (Windows 95 or NT) By Karl R. Nedwed. Bio-Rad Laboratories, Sadtler Research Division (formerly published by SoftShell International, Ltd.), 1600 Ute Ave., Grand Junction, CO 81501; (970) 242-6469. List Price $599 for the complete ChemWindows Suite (which includes SymApps), $399 as an upgrade from any other chemistry drawing software. Academic and student discounts are available.

Arnold L. Rheingold,Frederick P. Arnold
pp 2208–2209
Publication Date (Web): February 24, 1998 (Computer Software Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ja965935n

NMR Motional Averaging in the Isotopically Perturbed Cope Rearrangement J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 1489−1493

Eric R. Johnston, Jodi S. Barber, Marc Jacomet, and James C. Barborak
p 2208
Publication Date (Web): February 20, 1998 (Addition/Correction)
DOI: 10.1021/ja9855038

Applied Homogeneous Catalysis with Organometallic Compounds. A Comprehensive Handbook in Two Volumes Edited by B. Cornils (Hoechst AG Germany) and W. A. Herrmann (Tech. University München, Germany). VCH:  Weinheim. 1996. xxxvi + 1246 pp. DM 598. ISBN 3-527-29286-1.

Louis Messerle
pp 2209–2210
Publication Date (Web): January 13, 1998 (Book Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ja9755020

The Merck Index, 12th Edition, CD-ROM (Macintosh):  An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs & Biologicals Edited by S. Budavari, M. O'Neill, A. Smith, P. Heckelman, and J. Kinneary (Merck & Co., Inc.). Chapman & Hall:  New York. 1997. $250.00. ISBN 0-412-75940-3.

James K. Whitesell
p 2209
Publication Date (Web): February 24, 1998 (Computer Software Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ja975911w

Progress in Inorganic Chemistry. Volume 46 Edited by Kenneth Karlin (Johns Hopkins University). Wiley:  New York. 1997. v + 488 pp. $125.00. ISBN 0-471-17992-2.

Philip J. Squattrito
p 2210
Publication Date (Web): January 30, 1998 (Book Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ja975639q
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